December 23, 2024 05:57 AM

Tomorrowland 2013: Kicks off in Brussels [VIDEO]

13,000 people have traveled to the Tomorrowland festival in Belgium for an epic dance music experience.

MTV reported that in partnership with Brussles Airlnes, there were 29 tomorrow themed flights with guests from around the globe going to the Tomorrowland Brussels terminal. The festival launches on Friday and will include approximately 8,000 festival goers. "Tomorrowland takes place at recreation area, De Schorre, in Boom. The town of Boom is situated in Belgium, between Antwerp & Brussels," says the festival's website.

"The increase in passenger numbers and countries [we] were able to service this year via global journey is a testament to the increasing international popularity of the festival," Get In PR's Toby Andrews, director of publicity for the fest, said to MTV News. "To witness people landing into Brussels Airport from all corners of the globe was a real special moment and we're proud to host them for these five days at the festival."

The festival is in De Schorre National Park. Dreamville is Tomorrowland's camping ground.

The festival's website states, DreamVille is a vibrant city that welcomes 35,000 festival visitors after an exuberant day at Tomorrowland. Apart from everything you could expect from a decent festival camping, DreamVille has someunique features. We have a marketplace with multiple shops, ranging from a tea house to a fresh bakery, several community centers, wonderful activations and even our very own warming up party, called "The Gathering"."

The lineup includes veterans like Tiesto and Jon Digweed.

The festival's website says about Tiesto, one of the headliners: "Tiësto is a performer who has transcended musical genres to create a global "Tiësto" brand. His achievements include: a Grammy nomination, numerous MTV awards, performing at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games to an audience of billions, and even a wax statue at Madame Tussauds. With over 14 million friends on Facebook, 1.5 million followers on Twitter, over 400 million views (and 800K subscribers) on YouTube, his globally syndicated Club Life radio show as well as his Club Life iTunes artist podcast (#1 music podcast globally), Tiësto has truly become a universal phenomenon. Voted 'The Greatest DJ Of All Time' by Mixmag in 2011 and the #1 DJ by Rolling Stone, Tiësto has worked with superstars such as Kanye West, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Nelly Furtado, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Goldfrapp and many more."

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